November 2010 - arch-haskell

AUR Comment for haskell-platform
by simons＠cryp.to 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26279 magus wrote: @trontonic, yes, it has. Would you mind telling what is broken? --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Comment for haskell-platform
by simons＠cryp.to 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26279 trontonic wrote: Has this package ever been possible to install? --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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Where are we headed?
by Peter Simons 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Hi guys, there seems to be a lack of coordination. It feels like we are wandering off into all kinds of different directions. I would like to think that there is a common goal that we are trying to achieve, but I'm not sure whether that is the case. Maybe it would be helpful if everyone involved in this effort could post a short description of what exactly it is that he or she is interested in accomplishing? Personally, my goal is to provide a stable and reliable distribution of Haskell packages that ArchLinux users can easily build and install. Whether those packages are distributed in binary form or whether they're available on AUR is irrelevant to me. My main interest lies with the file tentatively called "PKGLIST" [1]. That file is hard to come up with, and it's particularly hard to maintain in the presence of constant updates that mutually exclude each other. Now, if we had a consistent package list, then we could easily use it to update AUR or build a binary repository. Without a consistent package list, however, we can do neither. Take care, Peter [1] https://github.com/peti/arch-haskell/blob/master/PKGLIST.full

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AUR Comment for leksah
by simons＠cryp.to 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23335 peti wrote: Hi Sisken, you are right about the missing dependency. haskell-leksah-server is now available. The bad news is that leksah won't build anyway, because it's authors have restricted the version of haskell-gtk to be used to version <0.12. In AUR, however, we have 0.12.0, so that dependency cannot be satisfied. This is a problem that must be fixed upstream, i.e. the authors of leksah should release a new version that copes with a current version of gtk, glib, etc. --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Comment for leksah
by simons＠cryp.to 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23335 magus wrote: Judging from the Hackage entry it is needed, so it'll need to be packaged. I suggest you raise a bug at https://github.com/archhaskell/habs/issues --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Comment for leksah
by simons＠cryp.to 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23335 sisken wrote: Hi, is this dependency correct? error: 'haskell-leksah-server<0.9': could not find or read package --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Out-of-date Notification for haskell-hlint
by simons＠cryp.to 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Your package haskell-hlint has been flagged out of date by takemitsu [1]. You may view your package at: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34172 [1] - http://aur.archlinux.org/account.php?Action=AccountInfo&ID=6161

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[extra] haskell-parallel
by Xyne 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

Hi, Sorry if I missed the explanation (point me to it if I have), but why does haskell-parallel in [extra] depends on a later version of haskell-deepseq than what is availabe in [extra]? The package simply cannot be installed because of this. Regards, Xyne

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Re: [arch-haskell] darcs unbuildable
by Magnus Therning 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:43, Vesa Kaihlavirta <vpkaihla(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Where can I read more about meta packages? >> How to create them, etc. >> >> My naïve assumption was that a meta package was an empty package with >> dependencies, but apparently that's not the case :-) > > Perhaps my terminology was a bit off there. I meant groups; man > PKGBUILD and look for "groups" Ah, yes, groups I know of already :-) >>> As a packager, I kinda like 1) because it feels the most Archy insofar >>> that it would result in the smallest amount of packages. >> >> I don't really like 1. A single package that wraps up all the HP >> packages (possibly with 'provides' for the individual parts) feels >> wrong because it doesn't follow what's on Hackage. (I can't really >> comment on the Archiness of it though.) Also, technically alex, happy >> and cabal-install are part of HP, as is ghc, should all those tools >> also be wrapped up in the HP package? > > Well, it would still make sense to have ghc as an exception outside, > but I'd happily include alex, happy and cabal-install in there. I'm assuming your just talking about what goes into a package, ie on package for ghc, one package for the rest of HP (with the HP package depending on ghc). There is actually one rather big advantage to having a single HP package: it would then be trivial to also provide (through [extra]/[community]/AUR/whatever) the bleeding edge of each of the packages that make up HP. >> To me it feels cleanest to have a meta package (if it supports >> dependencies on specific versions), or an empty package with correct >> dependencies. > > So if we imagine that this is a democracy, the votes are now 1-1 > against choices 1) and 3) :) > Does anyone else have an opinion? After actually thinking a bit about it, and realising the advantage mentioned above I'd like to change my vote :-) /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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AUR Comment for riot
by simons＠cryp.to 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=164 peti wrote: @mesteiral, the problem is that riot's Cabal build instructions are completely broken. That's not just an issue with ArchLinux; cabal-install can't build that package either. Apparently, Sergej patched the package to make that build succeed. It would be generally very helpful if that fixed package could be uploaded to Hackage. --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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